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Michael Jordan, Jordan Brand announce $100 million donation over next 10 years NEWS by: Nexstar Media Wire Former NBA star and owner of Charlotte Hornets team Michael Jordan looks on as he addresses a press conference ahead of the NBA basketball match between Milwaukee Bucks and Charlotte Hornets at The AccorHotels Arena in Paris on January 24, 2020. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP) (Photo by FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images) Michael Jordan and the Jordan Brand announced on Friday a $100 million donation over the next decade to “organizations dedicated to ensuring racial equality, social justice and greater access to education.” “In addition to the investment from NIKE Inc., we are announcing a joint commitment from Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand to donate $100 million over the next 10 years,” said Craig Williams, President of Jordan Brand. “We must join forces with the community, government and civic leaders to create a lasting impact together. There is still m...

Celebrate National Doughnut Day at one of these local spots The first Friday of June is reserved for a very special confection: The Doughnut. Unlike many national food day celebrations, National Doughnut Day is not a marketing ploy to increase the sales of this delicious baked good, although it definitely helps. National Doughnut (or Donut) Day was created by  The Salvation  Army  in 1938 to honor the women who served the doughnuts to soldiers in World War I. This day began as a fund-raiser for Chicago's Salvation  Army . The goal of their 1938 fund-raiser was to help the needy during the Great Depression. Today, we can celebrate this special occasion by supporting a few locally-owned doughnut shops. Advertisement Clifton Donut Shop Thai Eng is the owner of  Clifton Donut Shop  on lower Brownsboro Rd in Crescent Hill. He opened the store in January of 2015 and currently runs the bakery with his wife Davy Mork. Eng says the first Frid...

Buffalo Bills quarterback Jake Fromm apologizes for 'elite white people' text Buffalo Bills rookie quarterback Jake Fromm has apologized after images surfaced of him referring to "elite white people" in a text conversation from a year ago. The conversation was dated March 2019, when Fromm was the starting quarterback at the University of Georgia, and was posted to Twitter Thursday by a user with an unknown connection to Fromm. In a text referring to guns, Fromm said "just make them very expensive so only elite white people can get them haha." The texts were released as protests over racial bias in the US and the death of George Floyd in police custody reached their tenth day in cities across the nation. Fromm posted an apology to Twitter Thursday, saying that the words he used were inexcusable. "I am extremely sorry that I chose to use the words 'elite white people' in a text message conversation," Fromm wrote. "Although I n...

Protesters decry growing distance from White House as troops form expanding perimeter Growing frustrations from protesters are largely commensurate with an increasing number of Army National Guard troops deployed to reinforce the White House perimeter WASHINGTON — Two days after crowds cleared Lafayette Square, flash grenades securing a path for a defining presidential photo op, demonstrators are now the farthest they’ve been from the White House since the civil unrest began. The president’s doorstep is now barely in sight from the public’s closest vantage points. Growing frustrations from protesters are largely commensurate with the increasing number of Army National Guard troops deployed to reinforce the White House perimeter. But in interviews Wednesday, demonstrators said they remained undeterred by distance, with personal stories of past police misconduct motivating their return for days to come. “I just want my voice to be heard, since my grandfather was killed when I was a baby,...

5.5 magnitude earthquake strikes near Ridgecrest in San Bernardino County A magnitude 5.5 earthquake rattled Southern Californians near Ridgecrest on Wednesday evening, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor struck about 10 miles south of Searles Valley at 6:32 p.m. Ridgecrest is 14 miles west of the epicenter, which is also about 10 miles north northeast of Trona, according to the USGS. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, according to officials with the San Bernardino and Inyo county sheriffs' departments and the Ridgecrest Police Department. Seismologist Lucy Jones indicated the earthquake was probably an aftershock from a big quake that hit the area nearly 11 months ago. Last year, on July 5, a powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Ridgecrest and Trona, a day after a 6.4-magnitude quake centered near the Kern County town interrupted its Fourth of July festivities and sent residual tremors rippling across Southern California and parts of the So...

Drew Brees got an earful  from teammates and other pro athletes, such as LeBron James , for what he said Wednesday about protests during the national anthem. Then people in New Orleans let him have it. Marchers at a rally to protest police brutality and racial inequality cursed out the longtime Saints quarterback and city icon as they moved down a city street. Brees said in an interview with Yahoo Finance that kneeling for the anthem, which former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick started in 2016, is disrespectful to the American flag and those who served in the armed forces, such as Brees' grandfathers. Several current and former Saints players, including Alvin Kamara, Michael Thomas and Malcolm Jenkins, posted their strong disagreement on Twitter. Mark Ingram and Marques Colston also weighed in. More backlash came from two high-profile New Orleans/Louisiana people. Pro Football of Famer Ed Reed (born in Saint Rose) called a Brees a "chump" and a "punk" in an In...

What Do 2nd-Degree Murder, 3rd-Degree Murder, Manslaughter Charges Mean? Charges against previous Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin in the passing of George Floyd have been updated after open objection about the tolerance of the first charges recorded four days after the May 25 episode happened and following a few evenings of vicious fights in the Midwestern city.  On Wednesday, Minnesota Lawyer General Keith Ellison updated the charges against Chauvin, 44, to incorporate second-degree murder. Chauvin is blamed for bowing on Floyd's neck for about nine minutes. The Hennepin Province Lawyer Mike Freeman initially accused Chauvin of third-degree murder and second-degree homicide on May 29.  Here are meanings of those charges:  Second-degree murder: As indicated by the Minnesota rule, whoever causes the demise of an individual, without plan to impact the passing of any individual, while perpetrating or endeavoring to carry out a lawful offense other than criminal sexual direct i...

Emma Watson on #BlackoutTuesday kickback  Los Angeles, June 3 (IANS) Entertainer Emma Watson has opened up turning around analysis for her musically challenged Dark Lives Matter posts, and says she will utilize her foundation to spread mindfulness about the reason.  Everything began on Tuesday when she posted three clear dark square posts on Instagram during a web based life occasion, the point of which was to bring issues to light about the Dark Lives Matter development following the demise of George Floyd, reports mirror.co.uk.  The entertainer was hammered for posting three pictures rather than one, with numerous internet based life clients feeling she was giving more consideration to the tasteful of her Instagram page as opposed to the soul of the dissent.  Watson took to Instagram to address it, and said that she was all the while attempting to find out about prejudice.  "There is so much prejudice, both in our over a wide span of time, that isn't recognize...

The up and coming Season 4 of Honorable obligation: Current Fighting has been deferred by distributer Activision considering continuous examples of police fierceness because of fights in the US. Just as Season 4 of Present day Fighting, the most recent Season 7 update for Obligation at hand: Portable has likewise been influenced. Posting in a short explanation on Twitter, the distributer clarified that they felt it improper to proceed with the update as arranged, clarifying "now isn't the time". Alluding to the present distress in America and overflowing of misery around the globe because of the unlawful murdering of George Floyd by a cop, Activision expressed that they remain in solidarity with the Dark Lives Matter development. The update was intended to proceed on June third, and will be the last Season before Honorable obligation 2020 is discharged, with the establishment's most recent contribution normally turning out in October of every year. Close by A...

Keke Palmer Urges National Sentries to 'Spring with Us' During Dissent: 'Be the Change'  "Leave the insurgency alone broadcast. Walk next to us and give us that you're here for us," Keke Palmer told officials By Gabrielle Chung Keke Palmer needs to see change. The Singled Out host, 26, made an enthusiastic supplication to individuals from the National Watchmen during a tranquil showing in Hollywood on Tuesday, asking officials to "be the change" and walk with individuals fighting racial unfairness and police mercilessness in the wake of George Floyd's demise. In a video tweeted by NBC News reporter Gadi Schwartz, Palmer conveys an enthusiastic discourse to a gathering of outfitted watchman while remaining in a packed road. Alluding to President Donald Trump's ongoing open location, wherein he took steps to send the military because of the fights, Palmer tells the warriors, "You need to focus on what's happening or...

WASHINGTON – The chairman of the country's capital called it "despicable" that government police compellingly expelled nonconformists from the White House before the city's 7 p.m. time limitation to evidently make room for the president to stroll to St. John's Congregation. Under overwhelming assurance, President Donald Trump and a few individuals from his organization, including Lawyer General William Barr, strolled over a recreation center to St. John's Congregation and postured for photographs before coming back to the White House. At about 6:30 p.m. law requirement officials cleared Lafayette Park with nerve gas, elastic projectiles, shields and ponies. Trump still couldn't seem to show up for his remarks in the Rose Nursery as the dissenters, who at the time were serene, were being pushed back. At 6:44 p.m., Trump started his remarks by vowing to be a "peace" president as officials kept on pushing dissidents squares from where he was ...

70% of mortgage holders in self control didn't require the assistance Home loan installment restraint is a life saver for property holders who can't pay their home loan at this moment, yet a shockingly high level of borrowers who applied for and got self control say they didn't require it. Across the nation, 80% of property holders who applied for self control under the Considerations demonstration were endorsed for it, purchasing in any event three months of conceded contract installments. A LendingTree review of a little example of 1,000 home loan holders who are in abstinence discovered that just 5% of those endorsed for restraint said they wouldn't have had the option to pay their home loan without it. Another 26% said they could have paid the home loan, however would have needed to skirt different bills. On the off chance that its review results are delegate, that implies about 70% of those in avoidance didn't require the assistance. So why take i...

What is the Revolt Demonstration?  Add caption While challenges police fierceness proceed all through the U.S. after the passing of George Floyd, President Trump declared he is thinking about the summon of the Uprising Demonstration during an open location on Monday. The demonstration would send dynamic American warriors into confused urban communities.  "I am assembling all government and neighborhood assets, regular citizen and military, to ensure the privileges of honest Americans," Trump said. "On the off chance that a city or state won't take the activities important to safeguard the life and property of their occupants, at that point I will send the US military and rapidly take care of the issue for them."  The Insurgence Demonstration, which was sanctioned in 1807 and marked into law by President Thomas Jefferson, permits the president to utilize the U.S. military to stifle disobedience inside states when the need emerges, as indicated by the first report...

It's Pride Month. This is what you have to know June is Pride Month, when the world's LGBT people group meet up and commend the opportunity to act naturally. Pride social affairs are established in the challenging history of minority bunches who have battled for a considerable length of time to defeat preference and be acknowledged for what their identity is. The first coordinators picked for this present month to give proper respect to the Stonewall uprising in June 1969 in New York City, which helped flash the advanced gay rights development. Most Pride occasions happen every year in June, albeit a few urban areas hold their festivals at different seasons. Who praises it? A member from Venezuela partakes in Berlin's yearly Christopher Road Day gay pride march on July 22, 2017. A member from Venezuela partakes in Berlin's yearly Christopher Road Day gay pride march on July 22, 2017. Pride occasions are intended for any individual who feels like the...